Somatic Tune-In: Drop-in Somatic Movement Series with Mary-Dora Bloch-Hansen
Session 2: February 18, 3-4:30 pm ET | 12-1:30 pm PT on Zoom
Session 1: November 12, 2024
Connect and decompress through somatic practice with Mary-Dora Bloch-Hansen, a registered clinical social worker, somatic psychotherapist, and doula with a professional dance background. These sessions will open with a group check-in to express how we are feeling and the issues we’d like to focus on – migraines, stress, sadness, lack of motivation, burnout, sore muscles, fatigue, etc.
Mary-Dora will tailor each session to the needs of the participants, utilizing various techniques and elements of somatic practice, including movement, stillness, reflection, breathwork, visualization, and others. We encourage participants to join with an open mind and wear comfortable, non-constricting clothing.
Come as you are, and be ready to tune in to the language of your body and your emotions to improve your well-being!
Accessibility: If you require accommodations to make this event accessible for you, please get in touch, and we will do our best to meet your needs.
Recording: This event will not be recorded.
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Meet Mary-Dora Bloch-Hansen
Mary-Dora (they/them) is a queer, non-binary millennial and second-generation settler of Italian and Danish descent residing in Tkaronto (Treaty 13 territory). They show up in their community as a multi-disciplinary care worker and artist, practicing as a clinical social worker, somatic therapist, birth and gender doula, facilitator, and educator. Their care work centers on queer and trans-affirming embodiment practices and healing arts for a more livable future. Passionate about creating inclusive and brave spaces, they bring a relational and abolitionist praxis to their community work. MD values and celebrates neurodiversity and identity-affirming spaces to cultivate resilience, re-membering and transformation in those they serve. Drawing from their lived experience of survivorship, trauma, and neurodiversity, they weave together their artistic practice and care work as tools for community care and healing.
MD studies and practices Body-Mind Centering® and is a professional member of the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA). At the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, MD attained a Master of Social Work (MSW), concentrating on mental health, gaining specialization in trans and gender-affirming counselling, harm reduction and support for folks at the intersection of substance use and trauma. They earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology Specialization from Laurentian University, where their thesis garnered them the Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence. Additionally, they hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Performance from Toronto Metropolitan University.
Photo: Kenza (IG: @moon___beam)
